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"We already know there’s no safe threshold for lead exposure, and we also know that lead is toxic and a possible carcinogen even at low levels, leading to brain damage and learning disabilities," Kathy Attar, toxics program manager with Physicians for Social Responsibility, a consumer protection group, told IPS.

An op-ed urging action on the environment, by PSR Philadelphia Executive Director Cherie Eichholz.

A round up of letters to the editor in newspapers around the country from PSR members, activists, and leaders.

A letter to the editor on the need for action on climate change, by PSR Arizona's Timothy Lohman.

A letter on what we can do to help the environment, by Cindy Nguyen, Thanhnga Doan, Manjari Pedapudi, Camille Imbo and Jennifer Le, Student Physicians for Social Responsibility, USF College of Medicine.

PSR-Chesapeake helped launch legislation in Maryland to allow health professionals to learn what chemicals are used in hydraulic fracturing. A Maryland newspaper penned a highly supportive editorial.

A letter to the editor by Chicago PSR's Dr. Sarah Lovinger and PSR Michigan's Stephanie Dernek.

An op-ed by PSR Security Committee member Dr. Robert Dodge.

PSR board member Alan Lockwood, MD was interviewed recently by an Irish radio station on the health effects of burning coal. The interview was requested by Irish Asthma Society.

Chuck Johnson of Oregon and Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility discusses the Columbia Generating Station, a controversial local nuclear plant.

Florida PSR steering committee member Dr. Ron Saff testified against HB 281, which would encourage the president to give approval to the pipeline project. Dr. Saff said, "We should decrease our addiction to oil, not increase it with the Keystone pipeline."

PSR/Florida sponsored Craig Stevens, Groundswell Rising Community Outreach Coordinator to come to Tallahassee to help us educate members of the legislature on the dangers of hydraulic fracturing.

An op-ed by PSR Toxics Program manager Kathy Attar and Texas PSR director Chris Masey.

An op-ed by UI student and Iowa PSR intern Julia Sanabria.

During the past week, a paper describing the air quality effects of coal trains lumbering through the Pacific Northwest was accepted for publication.

San Francisco Bay Area PSR's Dr. Jeff Ritterman on public policy options to stop obesity.

Alfred Meyer is a board member of the Nobel Prize-winning or­ganization PSR. He has been traveling around Michigan talking with concerned citizens about the physical and environ­mental dangers associated with nuclear energy.

Calling nuclear energy "clean energy" is a misnomer, said Alfred Meyer, a member of the board of directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility.